Category
Drain Dampness
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Talcum
English Name
Talc
Dosage
9-15g
Entering Channels
ST
Flavor
bland
Temperature
cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- May increase granulomas in the intestines.
- There are some purity issues with this herb. From some sources it may contain asbestos.
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat and facilitates the resolution of dampness: an important substance in treating hot painful urinary dribbling or any condition with dark, painful, burning, and scanty urine. Also used for damp-heat generated diarrhea. Because it expels damp-heat through urine, it is used adjunctively for heat in the qi level with dampness manifested in unremitting fevers, a heavy feeling in the body, thirst, and a yellow tongue coating.
- Clears summerheat and facilitates the resolution of dampness: for summerheat disorder with fever, urinary difficulty, irritability, and thirst.
- Absorbs dampness: applied topically for damp skin lesions including eczema, damp sores, and prickly heat.
